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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

BuzzJive said:
Please adjust the playlist weights. Other than that - I'm digging it. THANKS BUNGIE.
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Would you say the game weighs too much or too little? Too much is a turn off for sure, but I'd rather have the pluff than no meat at all.
 
I got a message on Live from a friend who said some guy was trying to jerk off into his own mic. WTH. :lol If that's true it takes the cake for the biggest WTF moments in Halo online games.
 
GeoNeo said:
I got a message on Live from a friend who said some guy was trying to jerk off into his own mic. WTH. :lol If that's true it takes the cake for the biggest WTF moments in Halo online games.
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A friend of mine said there was one time where a little kid who was like 10 or something asked to describe his dick so he could picture it in his head and masturbate to it.
 
Wtf.

I think first thing bungie thought of when MS showed them the XBL Cam was "God help us if we have to support this in game".
 
urk said:
What are the chances that Halo 3 will be ported to the PS3 or the Wii? I think it would be better with motion control. Can you imagine how awesome it would be to pull off a melee attack by swinging your atrophied arm.
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What are the chances of Rosie O'Donnel becoming attractive and finding Noah's Ark on Venus, where Biggie and Tupac are hiding out
 
So I had my first good game and have a saved film to prove it! +6! OH YES!

On a related note, it was all luck. Good weapons plus tons of assists from gowans and rlan. I cashed those assists in for them though.

Had my first ever in a halo game killing spree. Feels good... the suit, this power, where did it come from? :lol
 
urk said:
What are the chances that Halo 3 will be ported to the PS3 or the Wii? I think it would be better with motion control. Can you imagine how awesome it would be to pull off a melee attack by swinging your atrophied arm.
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What are the chances that this thread will have more posts than ps3's sold in april?
 
I'm going to write Bungie and ask them if they will add a chainsaw to the SMG. It'd be pretty cool then, am i rite?
 
urk said:
I'm going to write Bungie and ask them if they will add a chainsaw to the SMG. It'd be pretty cool then, am i rite?
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Okay, sure! I'll write to Sony and ask them to install a grill on the next shipment of PS3's. You can play Metal Gear Solid 4* AND cook a delicious steak at the same time!




*NOTE: Metal Gear Solid 4 may or may not be a PS3 exclusive.
 
Shake Appeal said:
the Lancer is possibly the worst weapon imaginable when you're not the host in Gears :lol
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There is no host advantage in Gears. I read it on the internets.
 
Eric WK said:
Agreed. Although I still avoid it like the plague.
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I had been avoiding almost all dual wield weapons. Till I tried the new Brute Spiker's and went on a five kill spree with them. I thought people just over hyping it because it was new. :lol

Bungie has done an amazing job with the weapons this time round. Just hope the sword also gets the special H3 sauce. I dislike it in H2 since it feels so cheap getting kills with it, but who know what it plays like in H3.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Would be cool to take a spike grenade and slam it into somebody's head.
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that would be okay with me if you could only do it from behind such that you could've got an assassination anyway but the explosion just makes it cooler
 
Wow, so something I noticed, when I took my sensitivity from 2 to 4 i went on that massive killing run. Might have nothing to do with it or it might have everything to do with it. I'll have to look into that.

On a side note, why the **** is my router going so slow! I hate that POS.
 
QVT said:
On a side note, why the **** is my router going so slow! I hate that POS.
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Your router is in Beta. When it goes retail, it'll be much faster, let me assure you.
 
urk said:
There is no host advantage in Gears. I read it on the internets.
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Which Internet did you read that on? This particular series of tubes sez different.

Or was that the new Internet 2? I heard that sequel looks just like the first one. lolz
 
maynerd said:
Anyone else think that the 'ring' in king of the hill is too ...I dunno big and intrusive. It's hard to see into or out of it.
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I think that's what Bungie was going for. They want people to feel isolated in the hill and not knowing where the attack is going to come from. I do kind of wish though that it would be like a shield where you couldn't shoot through it but maybe throw grenades over the top or something, I don't know.
 
Last night was kinda laggy for me, which was a first; had to call it quits early because of it. Anyone else experience this? I'm on the west coast if it makes any difference.
 
maynerd said:
Anyone else think that the 'ring' in king of the hill is too ...I dunno big and intrusive. It's hard to see into or out of it.
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I think that is a very deliberate design decision; it's actually one of my favorite changes. It makes the battle inside the ring feel like a separate arena, and adds an element of risk for those outside as you can't see perfectly to the fight within. Crazy King on Valhalla is supremely awesome fun.

Side note: I love the little "hill" generators on the ground. You can see the scattered all over the level, so at least you know the possible hill locations from them. It's nice touch.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Which Internet did you read that on? This particular series of tubes sez different.

Or was that the new Internet 2? I heard that sequel looks just like the first one. lolz
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internet 2 is real, I just heard about it lol
 
So, some thoughts on the beta (had it for roughly 36 hours):

Since I’ve only seen the title page so far, my impressions are somewhat limited. The graphics seem to be fully on par with what I expected. Love the smoke from the downed Pelican, although I think I’d love it even more if I ever got to see it without a bluish tint.

The ”GAME OVER” screen also works well – fantastically well, actually. Every single time I’ve pressed ”play the beta”, I see it, so there’s nothing wrong with that.

I’ve also been beta-testing lots of different ways to be able to actually PLAY the beta. It ranges from clearing the utility drive on loading, to performing maintenance on the hard drive and redownloading the whole file (three times). I’m on the verge of trying to circle my 360 seven times and throwing salt on it over my shoulder to make it work. Nothing happens though.

Not even at the Bungie.net forums. Despite there being a sticky thread about this problem that currently counts over 700 replies, there hasn’t been any official word yet from either Bungie or Microsoft. (Note: the harddrive-maintenance proposed by Frankie in the first post did not solve the problem for me + a whole bunch of other guys).

The fact that I can’t play is OK (even though I worked like **** the past week to be able to take two days off in connection with this weekend). This is a beta after all, and all manner of networking problems SHOULD be expected. What is NOT ok, and what I had NOT expected, is the lack of any kind of response from Microsoft and/or Bungie. The ”GAME OVER”-thing seems to be a problem for many people that otherwise have no problems whatsoever using Live, and imho clearly warrants a response from MS other than through the ordinary support channels.

Up until now, I’ve very much been a Bungie- and Halo-type of guy. I want that feeling to still be there when I hand over my drool-soaked money for Halo 3 this September.

Right now, I’m not so sure.
 
Spaceman Spiff said:
Last night was kinda laggy for me, which was a first; had to call it quits early because of it. Anyone else experience this? I'm on the west coast if it makes any difference.
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There was definitely a lot of lag. We lost a couple games because of it.
 
Spaceman Spiff said:
Last night was kinda laggy for me, which was a first; had to call it quits early because of it. Anyone else experience this? I'm on the west coast if it makes any difference.
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I'm in Oregon and had no issues. It was just as good as during the first few days when it was just press and F&F. I had none of the issues from the previous night as well - all game started immediately. It was the most stable, entertaining night so far.

Weird.
 
GhaleonEB said:
I'm in Oregon and had no issues. It was just as good as during the first few days when it was just press and F&F. I had none of the issues from the previous night as well - all game started immediately. It was the most stable, entertaining night so far.

Weird.
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The Bungie gods love you. They despise us :-(
 
GhaleonEB said:
I'm in Oregon and had no issues. It was just as good as during the first few days when it was just press and F&F. I had none of the issues from the previous night as well - all game started immediately. It was the most stable, entertaining night so far.

Weird.
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That's good to hear. I'm in California though, so who knows. Are you going to be playing tonight? I'll try to be on, depending on how late I get stuck at work.

BTW that Assault vid you were talking about is on your file share, right? I want to see the "Stick of Glory" for myself. :lol
 
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